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 Jan 12 2004, 05:11 AM
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Manus Celer Dei  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802  |
See? Finally an answer as to whether aspected mages or full mages are more common! :grinbig:
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Jan 12 2004, 05:15 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Yep, it looks like full spellcasters are more common that aspected, at least at the present. ;)
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Jan 12 2004, 06:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 17-June 02 From: Concord University, Athens, WV Member No.: 2,880 |
I had trouble deciding. I'm either some sort of shaman, or a decker. Possibly both. So I just went with "both" and chose an aspected shaman.
Mainly cause I'm weird. I stay on the computer as much as possible, occasionally apply computer terms to real life (last week I was looking for something in my room and was about to reach for a nonexistant keyboard to type in a search before I realized what I was doing...), and like to sleep on the floor in 20-minute intervals. And if you're weird enough, then you're a decker or a shaman. It just works that way. |
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Jan 12 2004, 06:59 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
GunnerJ: I'd have picked Shaman just based on the Loser Idol (Totem?), but that'd still have meant I was good at something, which is obviously false.
There are more Awakened shadowrunners because shadowrunning requires (or at least greatly rewards) the kinds of special abilities possessed by the Awakened. This is not the case with Dumpshock, except perhaps when it comes to some Detection spells and the Divination metamagic (but only as much as those would be rewarded by any facet of modern life). Additionally, the Awakened are not drawn to shadowrunning before their Awakening, and (AFAIK) there's absolutely no way of telling beforehand whether someone will Awaken. The only kind of reasoning that would make sense is some kind of native background (native American, native Australian, native Laplander, native Irish, etc, or whatever the PC terms are). I haven't read anything about roleplayers, computer-people or martial artists experiencing above-average levels of Awakenings. |
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Jan 12 2004, 07:18 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
According to the board stats we have 4787 registered members, which means that we can expect a population of 47 or 48 magically active people. (They still use the 1% are magically active, yes?)
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Jan 12 2004, 07:44 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Actually, I believe there are standardized tests to determine this very thing in the Sixth World. |
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Jan 12 2004, 07:54 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
Ooo! Any word on what those tests are based on? Is it totally genetic?
That won't help us sorry 5th world dumpshockers one bit though. And I doubt those tests have questions like: "Do you play RPGs?", "Are you good at martial arts?" or "Do you believe in a magic-like force in the universe?" |
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Jan 12 2004, 07:58 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I have no clue. All I really know about them is that they are usually administered by Corps (who else!). |
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Jan 12 2004, 08:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Denver CO, USA Member No.: 112 |
The SR novel Burning Bright talks a little about standardised magical ability testing in the NAN when the main character was a child (this occurs early in the novel).
It implies that the tests can determine if you have magical ability and what the slant of that ability is (IE: mage, shaman, or adapt but NOT totem). The novel does not mention or imply how the testing is conducted or what exactly is examined. I can't cite a source, but I have the impression from somewhere that 2060s technology/knowledge/magic theory has not found a genetic code (at least in metahumans) that equates to magical ability. Maybe someone can help me out on that one. |
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Jan 12 2004, 02:34 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,222 Joined: 11-October 02 From: Netherlands and Belgium Member No.: 3,437 |
I know I'll be a Sorcerer Shaman, and then I'll show you... I'll show ALL of you by Fireballing all your parent's basements. :P
Sphynx |
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Jan 12 2004, 02:43 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Careful, there are three reactors in mine.
'Sides, that's a pretty high-force Fireball, don't you think? ~J |
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Jan 12 2004, 02:48 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Well he is a munchkin. What else would we expect? :D
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Jan 12 2004, 02:58 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
Ya know, I'd love to be a hermetic, but the odds say I'm a mundane. Ah well. I'll be off at sea in 2011 anyway, so if I end up awakening I hope it's not too distracting. :)
Chances are it's a Sea shaman anyway. |
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Jan 12 2004, 03:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 226 Joined: 4-June 03 Member No.: 4,685 |
I'll be a full mage. There are so many wussies who want to be mind controlled,
so I'll help them to fulfill it. |
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Jan 12 2004, 03:04 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Traks, breaking magical law since before it was written.
~J |
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Jan 12 2004, 03:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
It's intresting that Mundanes have the highest vote. Goes right along with the "more mundanes per magically active" rule in the game. :)
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Jan 12 2004, 03:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .nl Member No.: 116 |
I think it has to do with a) modesty and b) a lack of imagination to envision yourself in that type of situation. At least, that was why I voted to be a mundane. I mean, I can imagine my character being a magically active person, but when I try to imagine it for myself it becomes significantly harder. :)
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Jan 12 2004, 03:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 226 Joined: 4-June 03 Member No.: 4,685 |
Kagetenshi, that's the beauty of rules lawyerism :)
Oh, and those 3 reactors could be put to most effective use. DV8 - I have always voted for intellectual work, being somewhat lazy, I mean effective. So it is not hard to think for myself as mage. |
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Jan 12 2004, 03:52 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
DV8, I'd go with "modesty" over "inability to imagine." Just like the "not giving myself a 12 in assault rifles" debate we have all the time. :)
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Jan 12 2004, 03:54 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Oh, the three reactors are being put to good use. Only two at a time, though; gotta service them sometime.
~J |
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Jan 12 2004, 06:53 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,035 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Anahiem, CA Member No.: 100 |
Mundane. I'd be a Decker/Face. ;)
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Jan 12 2004, 09:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
I never claimed to be, Fortune. :)
I just decided to be honest about it, since I knew that I'd be, as the saying goes, "dating myself" by mentioning that I was old enough to remember that bumper sticker. --Foreigner |
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Jan 12 2004, 10:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 02 From: Austin, Republic of Texas (not CAS) Member No.: 3,094 |
Some of us are already following the Shamanic path in real life... say what you will but there is enough magic in the 5th world to do some magic... just don't expect it to be flashy.
-Mike R. |
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Jan 12 2004, 10:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 731 Joined: 25-March 02 From: Rye, New York Member No.: 2,470 |
hopelessly mundane
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Jan 12 2004, 11:00 PM
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Mr. Quote-function Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,317 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Germany Member No.: 1,376 |
Mundane, but with the firm belief of secretly being a psionic ... Unfortunately that belief will eventually kill me, simply because some ganger decides to blow out my brains after I try to "convince" him that "he doesn't really want to mug me" ...
"You think you're some type of Jedi or what?" *bang* |
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